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On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak
On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak
by Jon Bell
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Some 50 miles southeast of Portland lies the highest peak in the state of Oregon: Mount Hood, a 700,000-year-old stratovolcano. The fourth tallest in the Cascade range (around 11,240 feet high), Mount Hood is currently rated fourth by the U.S. Geological... (read more)

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The Whispering Muse
The Whispering Muse
by Sjon
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Sjón is one of the world's great writers. His work has been championed by the likes of Junot Díaz, David Mitchell, Björk, A. S. Byatt, Hari Kunzru, Michel Faber, and Alberto Manguel, who calls The Whispering Muse “an... (read more)

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The Yellow Birds
The Yellow Birds
by Kevin Powers
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A novel written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, The Yellow Birds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive. "The war tried to kill us in the spring." So begins this powerful account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq... (read more)

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Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness
Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness
by Rebecca Lerner
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In this engaging and eye-opening read, forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. After a disheartening week trying to live off wild plants from the streets and parks near... (read more)

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Middle C
Middle C
by William H. Gass
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A literary event — the long-awaited novel, almost two decades in work, by the acclaimed author of The Tunnel (“The most beautiful, most complex, most disturbing novel to be published in my lifetime.” — Michael Silverblatt, Los... (read more)

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VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good
VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good
by Mark Bittman
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Easy, sustainable weight loss that not only improves your health but can help the planet may sound too good to be true, but in his breakthrough dietary manifesto Mark Bittman offers persuasive evidence that going vegan on even a part-time basis helps you... (read more)

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The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
by Denise Kiernan
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The incredible story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project... (read more)

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Plum: Gratifying Vegan Dishes from Seattle's Plum Bistro
Plum: Gratifying Vegan Dishes from Seattle's Plum Bistro
by Makini Howell
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Plum Bistro, Seattle's wildly popular vegan restaurant, is known for its delicious and innovative vegan recipes using local ingredients. Sure to please both vegans and meat-eaters, this cookbook features Plum's flavorful, comforting dishes for brunch... (read more)

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Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
by Lucy Knisley
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Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating... (read more)

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Why Does the World Exist? Signed Edition
Why Does the World Exist? Signed Edition
by Jim Holt
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Tackling the “darkest question in all of philosophy” with “raffish erudition” (Dwight Garner, New York Times), author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This... (read more)

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The Pacific Northwest's Best Trips
The Pacific Northwest's Best Trips
by Lonely Planet
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What's the Pacific Northwest got that other regions don't? Plenty. Start with hundreds of miles of coastline and throw in a stunning natural landscape: thousands of years of geological events have dramatically shaped this region, leaving behind snow... (read more)

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Bloodfire Quest: The Dark Legacy of Shannara
Bloodfire Quest: The Dark Legacy of Shannara
by Terry Brooks
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The adventure that started in Wards of Faerie takes a thrilling new turn, in the second novel of New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks’s brand-new trilogy — The Dark Legacy of Shannara! The quest for the long-lost Elfstones has drawn... (read more)

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How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick
How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick
by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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Everyone knows someone who's sick or suffering. Yet when a friend or relative is under duress many of us feel uncertain about how to cope. Throughout her recent bout with breast cancer, Letty Cottin Pogrebin became fascinated by her friends and family's... (read more)

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Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander
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Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize–winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries... (read more)

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Alif the Unseen
Alif the Unseen
by G. Willow Wilson
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Religion, metaphor, rebellion. The Quran and the Internet. Hackers, effrit, and sheikhs. Douglas Hofstadter shout-outs. Holy moly. Otherworldly elements swirl into the modern-day Middle East in this sandstorm of magic and mortals. The environments are... (read more)

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From the Mouth of the Whale
From the Mouth of the Whale
by Sjon
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“From the Mouth of the Whale is strange and wonderful, an epic made mad, made extraordinary.” Junot Díaz From the Mouth of the Whale is an Icelandic saga for the modern age. In the words of Hari Kunzru, “Hallucinatory... (read more)

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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
by Mason Currey
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Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, “time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible... (read more)

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The Carrion Birds
The Carrion Birds
by Urban Waite
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Set in a small town in the Southwest, a soulful work of literary noir rife with vengeance and contrition from a fresh voice in fiction — the author of the highly acclaimed The Terror of Living Life hasn't worked out the way Ray Lamar planned. A... (read more)

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All That Is
All That Is
by James Salter
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A literary event — a major new novel, his first work of fiction in seven years, from the universally acclaimed master and PEN/Faulkner winner: a sweeping, seductive love story set in post-World War II America that tells of one man's great passions... (read more)

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The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America
The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America
by David A. Stockman
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A New York Times bestseller The Great Deformation is a searing look at Washingtons craven response to the recent myriad of financial crises and fiscal cliffs. It counters conventional wisdom with an eighty-year revisionist history of how the American... (read more)

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